Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 661
aly, and were called macaroni, which is Italian, derived from aGreek word meaning very dainty. About the time of Oliver Cromwell, appeared a verse which somehave thought was meant to make fun of him. The verse runs: Yankee Doodle came to town,Upon a Kentish pony;He stuck a feather in his hat,And… … YANKEE DOODLE. In Sheridans play, The School for Scandal, are these lines: Sure, never were seen two such beautiful ponies;Other horses are clowns, but these, macaronis.To give them this title, I m sure cant be wrong,Their legs are so slim, and their tails are so long.Y/ashington Irving tells us…
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